Brahmacaryashrama, Brahmacaryāśrama: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Brahmacaryāśrama can be transliterated into English as Brahmacaryasrama or Brahmacaryashrama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Brahmacharyashrama.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrahmacaryāśrama (ब्रह्मचर्याश्रम).—[masculine] the state of a Brahman student (as the first of the four periods of a Brahman's life).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrahmacaryāśrama (ब्रह्मचर्याश्रम):—[=brahma-caryāśrama] [from brahma-carya > brahma > brahman] m. the period of unmarried religious studentship, [Mahābhārata]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Brahma.
Full-text: Brahmashrama, Brahmacarya, Ashramadharma, Vivaha, Upananaya.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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